Automobile-puller.



B. A. CHILSON.

AUTGMQBILE FULLER.

APPLICATION HLED ocr. la. 19H.

L26776.. .Patented May 28,1918.

.'BENN AUSTIN CHILSON, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

AUTOMOBILE-FULLER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed October 13, 191'?. Serial No. 196,475.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that BENN A. OHILsoN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile- Pullers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to means for pulling automobiles or like traction vehicles out of sand and mud holes, and particularly to devices of this character which include a winding drum operatively supported upon the rear wheels of the automobile to which drum a rope is connected extending to an anchor, the rotation of the 'rear wheels of the automobile causing the drum to wind up the cable and thereby drawing the machine forward.

One of the main objects of my invention is to provide a device 'of this character which is very simple and which may be, as a consequence, easily applied, easily removed and may be cheaply made.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is extremely light and is capable of being made of compressed steel` or like material.

Still another object is to provide means whereby the winding drum which I have devised may be readily connected to or disconnected from the spokes of the automobile wheel, and which will not require that the wheel be taken apart in order to apply the winding drum thereto.

A further object is to provide a winding drum made in two pieces for large wheels, so as to permit the drum to be readily carried without taking up too much room.

Still another object is to provide a construction of this character including a drum from which the cable may be carried to an anchor, either disposed forward or rearward of the machine and thus the driving mechanism may be driven either forward or reversely and the automobile either hauled forward or rearward in order to disengage it from the mud or sand.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. 4 My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile wheel provided with my improved pulling attachment, the attachment being in elevation, but part-ly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a ver-tical section through the attachment on the line 2*.2 of Fig. l:

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the spoke clamps detached;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of an automobile wheel showing the different form of attachment;

Fig. 5 is a diametrical section of the attachment as shown in Fig. 4:.

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my improved winding drum, as illustrated in Fig. 1, comprises an annulus of 'relatively thin metal, designated 10, which is transversely curved to provide oppcsitely disposed flanges 11, this annulus constituting t-he winding drum proper. This annulus is preferably made of relatively thin sheet steel, but I, of course, do not wish to be limited to this. One of theflanges 11 is provided with a plurality of pairs of inwardly extending studs 12, these studs being spaced from each other a suitable distance to receive a spoke between them. On large drums four pairs of studs may be provided, but on rela-tively small drums there may be less than four pairs of these studs 12, The same flange 11 which carries the studs is also perforated at a plurality of points for engagement with the shanks 13 of clamp bolts, these bolts carrying the nuts 14 and the shanks being laterally widened and then bent into the form of a hook, as at 15, and adapted to embrace a spoke. Preferably the inner faces of the clamp members 15 will be lines with felt, leather or other suitable material, so that these hooks will not scratch the varnish or paint on the wheels.

The winding drum `is formed with ai perforation 16 and when it is desired to use the winding drum, a cable of sufficient strength and flexibility and which may be made of any suitable material is extended through this perforation and knotted as at 17. The device is then ready to use.

For small automobiles, where the brake drums are relatively small in diameter, I preferably provide relatively small winding drums, which may be made in one piece, but

these two sections of the windingflrum .being designated 18.

In the operation of this device either one or two of these winding drums maybe used.

If two are used, they are disposed V,onthe two rear driving wheels and two cables Hare carried lfrom the respective driving wheels and joined to 'form lone cable eXtel'iding forward to any suitable anehoring means, as for instance a stake or tree. The power is then appliedtoithe rear wheels andthe cable is woundup. .upon ,the wheels, thus drawing the machine up out or' the rut, mud .holeor sand in which it is lodged.

IThe 4rprincipal advantage of my invention lies in its extreme simplicity vand `lightness andthe ease with `which it `inay be applied and removed. There the winding drum .is made in two sections, as in Fig. 1,:it may be yeasilyfcarried in' a [tool bo'fv, eachseetion being only about 8 by 16. The smaller winding Vdrum is about ten inches indianieter, lwhich,makes it, of course, very fhandy to carry. It will further be noted thatthe winding drum is Vitself vconnected immediately to the spokes and that no separate plate, ring, ,or other device has .to be used in order toV support the winding drum on the wheel. '.Furthermore, it will lbe seen .that this device does not clamp lupon ,the wheel hub, but extends .concentrical-ly to ,the wheel hub and engages the spokes. Furthermore,v

it will be noted that .this device ,does not require that any portion ofthe automobile It is to be noted that the bolts carryingthe "hooks 15 extend .directly from the inner flange of the annulus sothat'the strain' on said bolts is borne by the full strength of the material of. .which the annulus is formed gorie? .0f ,this Patent may be obtains@ vfor and that this strain vis in the ,direction of the material of which the annulus 1s formed and entirely circumferential, there being no vflexing 4stress lwhich would tend to bend orbreak ,the parts.

It will 'further be noted that because the studs 12.l are tapered, the studs willblldon each side lof the spoke with which they are engaged.- It wilhalso be noted that lthese studs extend from the inner flange of the annulus and that 1thesani'e kadvantage is .obtained, therefore, as .forthe locationofthe bolts 13 onthe inner llang'e olf-.the annulus.

AHaving describediny invention, .what olainiis; i 1'. "A .pulling device for automobiles..com-v prising' a winding. drum formed of .rela-V cable', ,the winding drum being :formed at the m.bottom .of the groove .with ...perforation extending: to the..interior face of .thewi-nd-y ing drum for the reception of .the lknotted endof a cable. l

2. A .pulling device for automobiles comprising an annulusforinednto yprovide lateralv flangesand a metal Acablegroove, one of the lianges being.` .provided .with vlaterally projecting pairs of studs adapted ,to einbra'ce the.,spolresogtl .thewheel andzalso .provided witha .plural-ity' off. bolts having.',ter-V minal ends adapted to engage withfthe.

spokes 4ofva wheel, said .annulus :being formed in ak plurality ott se.ctions,.each.seotziion'at one end' having a .tongue projecting from the outerV flange remote .from the: studs 'and with a. groove at. thev .other .endiinto which the eori-espondingtongue vtits.v

In testimony whereof Ihereimto affix; myr

signature in l.the .presence o-two witnesses. Y BENN AUSTIN GHILSONL Witnesses.: j

wHnITZMAN, MTM. R; BROWN.

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